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Mr Jim Allister KC: Assembly records
All of Mr Jim Allister KC’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Public money, we are constantly told, is in short supply and scarce. I am sure that it is, and will continue to be so. Yet, while many in the House pay lip service to the need to prioritise health, there seems to be a majority here who would prioritise public spending on a sporting facility, namely Casement Park. That…
The Minister told us that this is a scheme under the Fisheries Act, which it is, whereby all the devolved regions and England and Wales can make their own provision. What he did not tell the House and what the Committee does not even seem to have examined is the overriding fundamental constitutional issue that, under…
In just 100 days, on 1 October, we will see not a loosening, as some have claimed, but a tightening of the EU border noose when the green lane customs border comes into effect. On 1 February, Gavin Robinson said that the green lane was gone and defended the principle behind the red lane. He said that the Government…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQO 559/22-27, why the data relating to abortions in Northern Ireland, published on 20 June 2024, does not contain the same information as that published in England and Wales.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, in light of the High Court judgement in the case brought by Dennison Commercials against his Department, whether he will lift restrictions on other Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme members and refund monies due.
How can it but interfere with one's constitutional integrity if you move from a situation of being governed by laws made in your own country — you elect representatives to make those laws — to a situation where you subject yourself to foreign laws over which you have no control? How could that not be a huge…
The Minister will recall that one of the boasts of the 'Safeguarding the Union' Command Paper — the DUP's deal — was that legislative action would be taken on the duty to cooperate North/South. Has the Minister seen any sign of that?
I will vote against the motion, fundamentally because it embraces the most anti-democratic concept available in a democracy: a people of part of the United Kingdom should be disenfranchised from controlling and legislating for the laws that govern much of their economy. I have already made this point, but I make it…
The Member is the leader of the Opposition for a party called the Social Democratic and Labour Party. Is that which he is embracing — the concept of 300 areas of law that should rest in this House being surrendered to a foreign Parliament over which we have no control — not the very antithesis of democracy? I never…
With the West Midlands investigation stalled by the proclaimed illness of the ombudsman, surely it is untenable for the office to continue rudderless, with no ombudsman and no chief executive. Does the ombudsman not need to step aside?
Minister, given that your powers and controls over the Irish Sea border have been removed from you, how are you accountable to the House for the functions exercised by your Department, over which, apparently, you have been denied access and control? What sort of democratic accountability is that?
Will the Minister explain to those small farmers why he and his Department are against them? The inevitable consequence of that step is to financially drive those small farms out of business. Why does he want that?
Last week, the electors in the Irish Republic delivered a very timely rejection of Sinn Féin. The election cut that party down to size. Then, on Saturday, its front organisation, Ireland's Future, had the disappointment of seeing more empty seats than filled seats at its latest jamboree in Belfast. Some were unable to…
Mr Allister asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in light of the fact that the Donaldson deal promised the establishment of an independent monitoring panel to, in its words, "uphold the economic rights of the people of Northern Ireland" and "protect Northern Ireland's place in the Union",…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the consultation that has taken place with affected stakeholders in relation to the suggested closure of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the level of compensation being proposed in relation to the suggested closure of the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given there is a bluetongue vaccine, to detail why it is not being used to address issues in relation to livestock movements from Great Britain.